With regards to a parliamentary system the irony is not lost on me that we declared independence then turned right back around to make basically a elected monarch in the president.

Yeah I don't actually have a problem with a strong executive branch or flip flopping between parties my problem are fucked up edges cases like this when the votes are close. Not only do people in deep red or blue states not think their vote counts the electoral count gives a distorted view of a candidates "mandate".…

Um I did and I still don't? If you are a Republican in a deep blue state or a Democrat in a deep red state, I'm sure you absolutely love the fact your vote doesn't count at all in the presidential election. The states already get their representation at a federal level, it's called the Senate.

A win by a technicality, the best kind of win.

Well I'd argue there's a difference between changing your mind based on new facts and what he appears to be doing which seems to me to to be changing his position to whatever benefits him at the current time or just saying the first ill informed thought that comes into his head.

I'm sorry I still don't understand this logic. When did dirt, mountains, and farms get the right to vote? States already get their representation, it's called the Senate. The vote for president which is the only office the entire country votes for should be a simple majority vote, end of story.

Well like in 2000 maybe we can take small comfort in the fact that the Democrat candidate will mostly like have won the actual popular vote and it's just our colossally fucking stupid and archaic electoral system.

Yeah it looks gross. I pretty much don't even eat pizza with tomato sauce anymore, pesto all the way!

Also most elections are held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday of November. This is a hold over from agrarian days (much like how schools are out during the summer) so people could spend Monday traveling to their voting place (as people would not travel on Sunday because of church). Again another stupid…

Yeah usually you can just straight party vote which takes care of 90% of the work in filling out the ballot.

When voting for president we are actually voting for an elector who will actually cast the vote for president. The number of electors for each state is equal to the number of representatives plus the number of senators and for the most part (except Nebraska and Maine) this is winner take all per state. This elector is…

Speaking of loons did anybody else see that Glenn Beck article in the New Yorker today?

Didn't Sad Sack stay dead?

I'm really more of a #ImNotWithTrumpSoIGuessIllVoteForTheOnlyPracticalOptionToPreventHimFrom
BeingPresidentEvenThoughIReallyWouldHavePreferredSanders

Oh I was thinking more like crazy right wing grandpa, rather than cool liberal grandpa.

Yeah but the drugs were for hypertension and hair loss.

Well, was it really "to him", or more like "at him"?

Eye of Agamatto, Cloak of Levitation, condoms, fella could have a pretty good weekend in the Dark Dimension with this stuff.

It's been a quite a few years since I read it, but I didn't take it that way. I took it at face value, that Alex had outgrown his youthful behavior, which seemed to me ridiculous on the face of it given the severity of the crimes he had committed. I mean I know people can be rehabilitated but to me it seemed like he…

When you go too far left or too far right it just sort of loops around to be pretty much the same thing (totalitarianism) except for the details in what exactly it is you're imposing on people.